(19)
(11) EP 0 431 916 A3

(12) EUROPEAN PATENT APPLICATION

(88) Date of publication A3:
15.01.1992 Bulletin 1992/03

(43) Date of publication A2:
12.06.1991 Bulletin 1991/24

(21) Application number: 90313192.8

(22) Date of filing: 05.12.1990
(51) International Patent Classification (IPC)5: B29C 67/14
(84) Designated Contracting States:
AT BE CH DE DK ES FR GB GR IT LI LU NL SE

(30) Priority: 06.12.1989 US 446771

(71) Applicant: E.I. DU PONT DE NEMOURS AND COMPANY
Wilmington Delaware 19898 (US)

(72) Inventors:
  • Driver, Howard Daniel
    Wilmington, Delaware 19808 (US)
  • Gruber, Mark Brian
    Landenberg, Pennsylvania 19350 (US)
  • Phillips, Walter Alan
    San Diego, California 92122 (US)

(74) Representative: Jones, Alan John et al
CARPMAELS & RANSFORD 43 Bloomsbury Square
London, WC1A 2RA
London, WC1A 2RA (GB)


(56) References cited: : 
   
       


    (54) Method for laying down tapes


    (57) An ordered staple fiber/resin tape is steerable during tape laydown by applying sufficient heat and back tension to the tape before laydown to maintain the ordered staple fibers in tension across the width of the tape.






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